JUD was put by GoP on ‘watch list’ in 2003 — no other action after that

ISLAMABAD: TThe Government of Pakistan has reportedly banned 212 organizations, according to a report submitted by it before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

According to documents, the Government submitted a list of banned organizations before the Supreme Court. These showed that the organization accused by the Government of India of being behind the Mumbai attacks, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa was placed on a watch-list in 2003 for monitoring purposes, and that no further action was taken against it after that. The document also shows that the Lashkar-e-Taiba was banned in 2002.

Pakistan has banned the Haqqani Network, which was done in 2014, and other organizations accused of sectarian violence such as the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (in 2001), the Jaish-e-Muhammad (in 2002) and the Sipah-e-Sahaba of Pakistan (2002).